Non-Invasive Prenatal Test for Safe Pregnancy

One of life's greatest joys is having a child. There are, however, some genetic diseases that you or your spouse may carry and pass on to your unborn or newborn child.

- DR. GAURI AGRAWAL

This invariably sets in motion a lifelong chain of events involving treatment and the resulting psychological distress. However, scientific advances in the field of reproductive genetics have reduced that possibility to near zero. The testing, known as Non Invasive Prenatal Screening aids in the identification of up to autosomal aneupolidies and sex chromosome aneuploidies including microdeletion of genetic defects in the foetus. The NonInvasive Prenatal Test (NIPT) examines the genetic information contained in this DNA to look for a variety of anomalies. The test a has a high sensitivity to Down syndrome (lifelong intellectual disability in the child). With this test, expecting parents can be confident that their child will be born free of genetic diseases.